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Defendants Who Sold Business Coaching Program Settle FTC Charges
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Three individuals and the company they control have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceived consumers in a telemarketing scheme that took millions of dollars from...
FTC Staff Offers Business Guidance Concerning Multi-Level Marketing
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The Federal Trade Commission staff has released business guidance to help multi-level marketers (MLMs) understand and comply with the law. Although there may be significant differences in how MLMs...
FTC Obtains Court Order Banning Work-at-Home Operators from Selling Business Opportunities and Business Coaching Services
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The operators of a work-at-home scheme the Federal Trade Commission sued earlier this year for deceptive practices are banned from selling business opportunities and business coaching services under a...
FTC Obtains Court Order Against Fraudsters Working With Telemarketing Schemes
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A Utah-based operation that helped allegedly deceptive telemarketers take millions of dollars from consumers’ credit card accounts will be banned from the payment processing business under a...
FTC Obtains Court Orders Against Telemarketing Scheme That Falsely Pitched Money-Making Opportunities and Grants
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The operators of a telemarketing scheme that pitched phony business and grant opportunities have agreed to be banned from those lines of business under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission...
Max Results Marketing/Blue Saguaro Marketing
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
162 3131
X170003
FTC Obtains Court Order Halting World Patent Marketing Invention Promotion Scheme
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At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has found that the FTC is likely to prevail in its case against World Patent Marketing, an invention-promotion scheme that allegedly deceived...
FTC Obtains Temporary Restraining Order Halting Work-at-Home Scheme
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At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court entered a temporary restraining order halting a deceptive work-at-home scheme. The defendants allegedly lured consumers into buying an online...
FTC Files Charges Against Independent Sales Organization and Sales Agents
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged 12 defendants with laundering millions of dollars in credit card charges through fraudulent merchant accounts. According to the complaint filed by the FTC, the...
FTC Returns Money to Victims of Business Opportunity Scheme
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The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 2,711 checks totaling more than $372,000 to people who paid American Business Builders and related entities for a home-based business opportunity. The...
American Business Builders, LLC, et al.
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
122 3191
Defendants Involved in Selling Business Coaching Programs Settle FTC Charges
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Seven individuals and eight companies they control have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges in a deceptive telemarketing operation that took millions of dollars from thousands of...
FTC Amends Complaint Against Invention Promotion Scheme Defendants
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The Federal Trade Commission has amended its complaint against the operators of an invention-promotion scheme, World Patent Marketing (WPM), that allegedly deceived consumers and suppressed complaints...
FTC Obtains Court Order Against Envelope-Stuffing Scheme
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An envelope-stuffing operation is banned from selling business and work-at-home opportunities under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The settlement resolves FTC charges that David S...
Fair Guide (Construct Data Publishers d/b/a Fair Guide)
Type of Action
Federal
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
132 3001
X130040
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